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FRIDAY, APRIL 10,1942.
By RUSS NEWLAND
of an enemy raid than the steel
than rain.
Snead, the Virginian who has
Sports Briefs
Look! Saturday Only
three-game exhibition
a
letterman and a track and field
Wards Specials!
by weather for three straight days.
came
here today for a fourth attempt
camp today as the team arrived
scheduled for last weekend, due td
the rains.
Specially-rehearsed air raid war-
spring
scholastic
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Passeau today.
“I've been in baseball 50 years
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the two-game intra-city warfare
CLEVELAND.—The New York
and Bob
doctors report. . . . Too rigid a diet
the big Master’s Open in Augusta,
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at an exhibition game with the
Pittsburgh Pirates. Manager Con-
nie Mack’s chief complaint about
take his turn on the mound. Eddie
Hanyzewski of the Cubs was all
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bottom. Shop Ralph Long’s for better food buys’.
and overwork contributed to his
ailment, they say. . . . Paul Runyan
and Horton Smith took the lead in
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BROOKLYN. —The New York
Yanks, today’s game will have all
the earmarks of the last clash of
the league champs on the Dodgers’
field, in the 1941 world series.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 10
(AP).—An argument in Augusta,
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Pinto ..
Gene Sarazen Critical of Barefoot
Golf Playing by Virginia’s Sam Snead
clubs are Class A elevens, Van Al-
styne and Commerce.
THE PARIS WILDCATS had to
8-Ounce Tumblers........
SPRAYERS
Fly and Insect — Reg. 15c
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should not be interrupted, even by
a raid.
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Ladies— Reg. $1.00........
STYLE SHOES
Ladies’—$8.49 values .......
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During Attacks
Officials Decree That
Players Are Soldiers
During Such a Situation
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR
NEW YORK, April 10 (AP).
If you’re watching a major league
Southeast Corner Courthouse Square
Mm-
Sept. 25.—Denton at Bon-
ham.
Oct. 2.— Bonham at MicKin-
ney. .
Oct. 9.— Open date.
Oct. 16.— Bonham at Gaines-
ville.
Oct. 23.—Arlington at Bon-
ham. [• .
Ort. 30.— Commerce at Bon-
ham.
Craig Wood and Ben Hogan came
in with a 72 and 73 respectively.
Leopards, the Paris squad got in
some good work. missing only two
out of the 30 days permitted for
Weidman, former assistant here,
will' start spring training for his
Childress High squad next Monday.
. . . This sunshine looks like the
real stuff, doesn’t it?
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socks and let fly a few, practice
shots before the Masters’ tourna- i
lete of the year, goes to Malcolm
Kutner, the All-American end on
last year’s Longhorn eleven. $ He
won the honor over Jack Crain,
who is now’ an ensign in the navy,
by a two-to-one count. Kutner not
barrels of wafer, buckets, bins full
of sand and fire extinguishers." y
In Yankees stadium, where no
night games are played, 15,000 per-
sons can be sheltered under the
bleachers and another 40,000 under
the grandstand. Barrow’ declared.
"They will be protected by con-
At the First Sign ef a Cold
Take--
WATTS BROTHERS
COLD CAPSULES
"They Give Prompt Better*
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CARROTS
Here’s Bargain Food.....
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may win him the starting berth,
against Boston Tuesday at Phila-
delphia when the Phils and Braves
House Dresses
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ager Warren C. Giles of the Cin-
cinnati Reds admits that he had!
his fingers crossed slightly when
he bought Gee Walker from the
Cleveland Indians, but adds: “I’m
the University of Arkansas. The the big Master’s Open in Augusta,
Rice game was originally billed Georgia, yesterday, each turning in
for Aggieland but has been trans-
CANNED MILK
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Baseball Grandstands Considered Among the Best Air Raid Shelters
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LADIES’ PURSES
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ferred to Houston. Games to be
’played away from home include
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was postponed on account of wet
j grounds. If conditions permit the
two clubs play a double bill this
afternoon. . . . See where “Cotton"
Games Not to
Be Interrupted
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Gainesville (Texas) Daily Register
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Louisiana State, Duke university, j There are still 54 holes to be
Baylor, Southern Methodist, Rice, played. . . . The Baylor-Rice game,
Texas university and Washington scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
State, which is carded for San An- j
tonio on December 5.
next year if Manager Mel Ott of
the National leaguers has his way.
He favors a longer stay in the
South and a short trip up the
eastern seaboard, rather than the
extensive tour that will wind up
here this weekend.
ASHLAND, Ky.—General Man-
Snead as a disgrace to golf. Sara-
zen himself is an old hand at pro-
posing innovations such as 8-inch
if they show panic, you can see
what might happen.”
Instructions for Fans
Here, as well as in some other
designated a defense area and war-
dens will stand by. The park has
been rewired so that all lights
can be turned off from two adja-
• CHICAGO.—Thornton Lee, Cht the Philadelphia Athletics
cago White Sox southpaw, was the " " '
biggest question mark in the Sox
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ment this week. Fred Corcoran,
P. G. A. publicity head, suggested
the stunt.
Up charged • Gene Sarazen. He
characterized a shoeless, sockless
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Thanksgiving Day battles. The
schedule aS announced follows:
a 67, which is five
the weather was that Catcher
Frankie Hayes hadn’t been able to
work off excess weight.
ported improving. The King of; signs on each seat, with the proper
Swat is still a very sick man, his: directions — sit tight, follow the
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and we have installed red-painted
i for a three-game series with the
Chicago Cubs. Manager Jimmy
Dykes said it was uncertain what
ailed Lee and when he’d be able to
Mark Fry. Oakland. state Open
champion:—“Sarazen asked Can
you imagine Walter Hagen playing
barefoot on this course?" I say
THE LONGHRN basebailers
start a swing through North Tex-
as today. They face S. M. U. in a
doubleheader Saturday, and then
stay over for a tilt in Fort Worth
Monday '.with Texas Christian.
Neither the Ponies nor Frogs are
Maybe he has educated toes. I re-
call a big Indian in Mexico who
played that way. He was a one-
man show.”
Texas Power & Light Company, here in Texas,
had the power ready when it was needed for war
production in the area it serves.. .and supplied the
power without delay and without inconvenience
to its regular customers. This Company has
i more power on the way for the increased war
N need: of tomorrow. The Texas Power and
X Tight Company and its organization of
" trained and experienced employees are
X "all out” for Victory!
GREEN BEANS
The Very Finest............
nament prize money between the
Berry was well pleased with prog-
ress made in spring workouts, Bill
Woodside ‘reports, and the Cats are
ready and rarin’ to start the cam-
paign next fall in defense of the
Red River Belt title, which they
have won for two straight sea-
sons.
THE TEXAS AGGIES play but
three games next season on their
own "gridiron, these being with
Texas Tech, Texas Christian and
be sure of
---- Yankees and the Brooklyn Dod-
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only was a gndder but a basketball soldiers in that situation,"- said series at Ebbets field today. With
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first two leaders.
Out this way „
tables; consensus was that a bare-
footed Snead would be a greater
attraction than a Snead in full
dress.
Sunday afternoon, against Tulsa, ter.
and George will again do the pitch- Specially-rehearsed air raid war-
in’ . . .. District tract and field dens will be on hand to take charge
meets will be held among high. and public address systems will be
MONTGOMERY WARD
plenty enthusiastic now and I
think he’s the answer to our hit-
ting problem.”
HUTCHINSON, Kas.—When the
Pittsburgh Pirates open at Cin-
cinnati Tuesday, it will be the first
time in 16 years that the name
“Waner” is missing from the ros-
ter. Paul Waner joined the Bugs
in 1926 and left in 1940. His
brother, Lloyd, came in 1927, and
was traded to the Boston Braves
last May. »
However, like the
crete three, decks deep. Those in i . ~" o ■«
to "
their lives every possible safeguard.. Your elec-
tric Power companies are keeping power on the
job 24 hours a day, 7 days a week ... at points
where men and mchines are building things to
keep ’em living! That’s their job; and they're
Staying with it...right on through the war!
no representatives from Cooke
county wall participate. . . . Babe and this is a new experience for
Ruth, who is suffering from pneu- me,’’ said President Ed Barrow of
mcnia out in Hollywood, is re-the, Yankees. “We ar.e printing
{must go on. Otherwise. it would
in । be like actors rushing off a stage.
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expected to give the Longhorns tooII
much trouble, and the perennial -
champions of the Southwest con-
ference should be up in first place
after this three-game stand. Stick-
work has been light for Tekas this
seascn so far, but they've managed
to win all but one.
SEVERAL DAYS AGO Uncle
Sam stopped the making of golf
balls, to conserve rubber, and yes-
terday placed a ban on-manufac-
ture of golf dubs, _ to conserve
iron. " GCfers will not feel the ef-
open the National league season.
The former St. Louis Cardinal
Civilian Defense. “They must stay
right there and take it, if it comes,
up ’ to a certain point. The show
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boast a park that affords adequate
protection.
Philadelphia's arrangements are
incomplete, but methods of pro-
tection are being discussed by of-
ficials.
Some clubs in inland cities,
where there is less danger, are
planning special precautions. At
Cincinnati, Crosley field has been
year's champs in the National _____ _
league. They figure they “did it major league cities, a sticker on
turn in their uniforms without once and can do it again.” . . . The ' 1. JI J— _' ......
staging the big intra-squad game, last game Dallas played last sea- what to do if an air
son was against Tulsa, with George'sounds. I .
Matzberger doing the hurling. The there will be green and red arrows
next game is the league opener, (to direct you to the proper shel-
training by Texas Inter-
ic league rules. Coach
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1 be mailed, postage paid, on receipt of your i
name and address together with the slip (
from a can of K C. Nal to Jaques Mfg. !
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turing his first major tournament Le----e -------------
in Oakland in 1937, peeled off hiscups on greens and dividing tour-
Sept. 18.—Van Alstyne at
Bonham.
delphia Phils. The Nats came out
ST. LOUIS.—The St. Louis Car- of the South with 19 victories in
dinals and Browns are ready for 27 exhibition games.
which opens tomorrow. Manager
Luke Sewell listed Eldon Auker. Giants’
Harris to pitch for the with the Cleveland Indians will
— be mapped on a different basis
A NINE-GAME schedule has been feet for several months, however.
A arranged for the 1942 Bonham as more clubs were made this past
: High football team, six of month thd ever before in a Uke
which will be played on the War- period of time, an d sporting, gods'
ricr gridiron. All are i L ames hand anyway. The first shortage
except the Armistice Eay to appear will be in new balls.
Henceforth golfers will have to use
old ones longer, and either shoot
straighter or look longer for jost
be eight men on the roof, equipped
with knapsack sprays.
The 1 Brooklyn Dodgers’ office
said the extinguishing of lights at
Ebbets field “would be a matter of
seconds.”
Wardens to Be. on Duty
- Boston's volunteer air raid war-
dens will .be on duty at tne ball
parks until the Braves and Red
Sox train their own civilian defense
units. Both parks will have well
ventilated areas under the stands.
The Washington Senators also.
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Nov. 11.— Bonham at Sher-
man. . ,
Nov. 26.—Paris at Bonham. FODDER—A recent poll of base-
This is the first time in 20 years ball scribes in cities that have
that Bonham and Honey Grove representatives in the major
have failed to sign up for a game. leagues reveals that the Cardinals
Seems to have, been conflicting and Yankees are favored. to *in
dates this year. Two of the above titles this coming season. -Pick:
— -- ing the Cardinals, however doesh t
bother the daffy Dodgers, last
cent master swatches.
The Chicago Cubs also rear-
baseball game when an • air raid ranged their lighting system. De-
comes, don’t go away. You’ll prob- troit, which has no night ball, ex-
ably be sitting in the best bomb pects to instruct patrons over the
shelter in the neighborhood, and P-A system. ’
you might miss part of the game. All teams outside of New York
Club officials, preparing for their plan to place the responsibility for
first wartime season in 25 years, halting or continuing play with the __
agreed today that fans could find umpires, just as if it were an aerial Ga., whether it was dignified for
no better protection in the event barrage of nothing more harmful Sam Snead to play golf barefoot
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GREEN ONIONS
and concrete structure above. No- ASHLAND, Ky. — With only
body will be permitted to leave three games with the Cincinnati
the park during a raid.” Reds remaining before the season
At the Polo grounds, home of opens, it appears the Detroit Ti-
the Giants, a single switch on a gers’ biggest problem is in right
control board will darken the park field. ,Dan Ross, Ned Harris and
in 30 seconds if a raid should come Bob Patrick____ ____ '
during a night game. A man will and Manager Del Baker says
be stationed,at the board through- of the trio has clinched the job.
out all night games and there will CLEVELAND. _ The Cleveland
Indians, arriving home a day early
after ■ cancelling their Evansville,
Ind., game with the New York
Giants because of field conditions,
sought their first outdoor workout
in four days. Pointing for the
weekend series against the Giants
as tune-ups for the season's open-
ing, the Tribe named Al Smith for
mound duty tomorrow and Mel
Harder for Sunday.
BOSTON.—Manager Casey Sten-
gel had no alibis today for the
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Mayor Angelo .Rossiio,San that if Hagen were in the mood
Fancispp waogut 1 could break he would play in a bathing suit.i
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PAGE FOUR stocking feet myself should be the last to
Others who shed, light onithe squawk. I still remember his pro.
Snead-Sarazen golfing etiguetteposal to USe 8-inch cups.”
squabble: J Ben Coltrin. San Francisco,
Tom Lo Presti, Sacramento pro. Northern California Open cham-
—.“If it would help his game, I Nion: •I know a lot of golfers
say let Snead play barefoot and Pho would play barefoot on stilts
wear a sarong.” - if it would put them in a class with
Harold Sampson. Colma, former Snead."
Northern California P. G. A. presi- John Battini, San Francisco pro
dent:- “Snead has a right.toWear and snappy dresser:—“Snead play
what he wants We may aibeanreroot I mink it is terrible,
playing without shoes if g were not cannibals.”
^nny Longworth, Oakland, dis- The califomiaGolf Writers as-
tinguished as one of the best sociation awarded Snead an hon-
amssed pros in Northern Califor- orary membership 'Tor puttitng
nia:—“Let Snead play in bare feet ; the game on its feet.
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Harry M. Prince, chief civilian pro- Whitlow -Wyatt pitching for the
tection adviser of the Office of Dodgers and Ernie Bonham for the
Brownies tomorrow, while Ernie
WASHINGTON. — Manager
set for his first pitching chore in | Bucky Harris unveils his 1942
Chicago, having slept all the way I Washington Senators before the
from Fort Dodge, la., so that he j home town fans today, with Jack
would b ready to relieve Claude 'Wilson, former Boston hurier, tak-
ing the mound against the Phila-
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poor showing of his Boston Braves
in exhibition games and was
pleased with the team's physical
condition. “Never had a team re-
turned from Florida in better
physical condition,” he declared.
HUTCHINSON. Kas.—Kept idle
schoolers in 22 of the 31 districts I extended to the areas beneath the
this weekend. So far as we know, stands by carry instructions to all.
spring exhibition series
the back of your seat will tell you |
■ raid warning
If you are to move at all.
White and Harry Gumbert were
named by Billy Southworth to
share tie Cardinal elbowing.
WASHINGTON.—Sam Nahem’s
and concrete stands.
■ And in New York, where all
three clubs are making extensive
plans to care for the customers in
such an emergency, an official has
decreed that afternoon games
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